F1 copying A1's ideas
Feb 24, 2009 | 12:42 AM
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F1 copying A1's ideas
Tony Teixeira, chairman of A1 GP, wants Formula One to buy his series ‘instead of copying all our ideas’.
At Kyalami for this weekend's round of the self-styled 'World Cup' of motor racing, he accused Bernie Ecclestone and the most famous single seater category of taking their recent cues from the A1GP series.
"Instead of copying all the ideas from A1GP, just buy me out!" he pleaded to the local The Times.
"Everything we are is what Formula One is trying to be," Teixeira claims.
He admits that the global financial crisis will have an impact on A1 this year, eradicating an earlier forecast profit.
But he said F1 pilfered A1's ideas; like using a single tyre supplier, similar specification engines, and the Force India-style concept of national team pride.
This year's standard A1 car is based on the 2004 Formula One Ferrari.
Source: GMM
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my 2 cents: this guy is a douche where the hell does he get off saying F1 is copying A1
At Kyalami for this weekend's round of the self-styled 'World Cup' of motor racing, he accused Bernie Ecclestone and the most famous single seater category of taking their recent cues from the A1GP series.
"Instead of copying all the ideas from A1GP, just buy me out!" he pleaded to the local The Times.
"Everything we are is what Formula One is trying to be," Teixeira claims.
He admits that the global financial crisis will have an impact on A1 this year, eradicating an earlier forecast profit.
But he said F1 pilfered A1's ideas; like using a single tyre supplier, similar specification engines, and the Force India-style concept of national team pride.
This year's standard A1 car is based on the 2004 Formula One Ferrari.
Source: GMM
© CAPSIS International
my 2 cents: this guy is a douche where the hell does he get off saying F1 is copying A1
Feb 24, 2009 | 12:55 AM
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Exactly, Hamad. If anything, A1 is copying F1 and this guy just wants to cash in. If he had a legit claim, he'd have sued Bernie already. Something tells me Slim knows better than that though. If Bernie ever got wind that someone was suing his, he'd send Mosely's Nazi hookers after them!
Feb 24, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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Well...yeah. I get that, I just don't get how you think you'll get a serious buyer when you come off as a retarded asshole in international media.
Feb 24, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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Feb 24, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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That might be because he got so much power he can do more or less anything he wants. The F1 brand itself is so huge. A1 isn't.
Feb 24, 2009 | 02:14 PM
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as far as retarded assholes go, Teixeira has a ways to go until he is at Bernie's level lol, but at least he is trying
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